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Switzerland launches criminal proceedings against two suspected Russian spies accused of launching cyber attack on WADA
•Swiss officials have said the two suspects, arrested in the Netherlands earlier this year, were planning a cyber attack on the Spiez laboratory in Bern and launched an attack on the Lausanne office of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Harvey Weinstein hired journalists, ex-spies, military personnel to stop accusers from going public
•Harvey Weinstein hired journalists, highly trained ex-spies, military personnel who used fake identities to try to stop accusers from going public with claims
Russian spies reportedly break into US government contractor's home PC; obtain critical NSA exploit codes
Tech2 News Staff •This confidential code reportedly contained a number of NSA tools and exploits, ones that could be used to penetrate foreign computer networks and even protect against certain cyber attacks.
Monsoon Session of Parliament: Centre says it has no information on ISI's 'new method' to fund spies in India
•Government has no specific or credible information about a "new method" allegedly devised by Pakistan's spy agency ISI to fund spies who gather secret
India busts Pakistan spy racket: Man arrested in Jodhpur for involvement
•A Pakistan High Commission official, identified as Mehmood Akhtar, was detained for his alleged involvement in an espionage racket involving sharing of sensitive defence documents and deployment details of BSF along the Indo-Pak border with Pakistani spy agency ISI.
Trideviyaan on SAB TV: These female spies can beat up the bad guys, but not sexism
Fp Staff •At a time when calls for a female James Bond are growing, Sony's SAB TV has come up with an idea for a female spy comedy caper called Trideviyaan. Focusing on the adventures of three spies, who are also sisters-in-law, Trideviyaan looks at how they manage beating up the bad guys with making baingan bharta in the kitchen.
Gujarat ATS nabs two suspected spies working for Pakistan's ISI in Kutch
•The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has nabbed two persons allegedly working as spies for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, police said.
Kuwait sentences two to death for 'spying for Iran' and plotting attacks
Fp Archives •Kuwait on Tuesday sentenced two defendants to death, including an Iranian being tried in absentia, after they were convicted of "spying for Iran" and plotting attacks in the Gulf country.
Pentagon criticized for likening war-zone journalists to spies
Fp Archives •The Pentagon is criticised for its new war laws manual that likens war-zone journalists to spies and says that under some circumstances, war-zone journalists can be treated as "unprivileged belligerents".
Britain pulls spies after Russia, China crack encrypted Snowden files
Fp Archives •China and Russia have cracked the over one million encrypted files leaked by fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, forcing Britain to withdraw its spies from live operations in 'hostile countries' so as not to put their lives in peril, British media reported on Sunday.